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J. W. VAUGHN. AUTOMATIC TICKET SELLING MACHINE.

Patented June 4, 1889.

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AUTOMATIC TICKET SELLING MACHINE.

No. 404,450. Patented June 4, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

JOHN W. VAUGHN, OF'JERSEY orrr, NEW JERSEY.

AUTOMATIC TICKET-SELLING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 404,450, dated June 4,1889. Application filed July '7, 1888. Serial No. 279,328. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN WV. VAUGHN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in AutomaticTicket- Selling Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to beafull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to certain improvements in apparatus for thereception of a coin of prescribed value and the automatic delivery ofarticles or goods in exchange therefor, the object being to provide'forthe delivery of a ticket, stamp, or any like article; and to this endthe invention consists, essentially, of aticket-delivery mechanism ofnovel construction, which mechanism will be hereinafter explained, andmore specifically pointed out in the claims.

In this application. I have found it necessary to illustrate anddescribe a coin-receiving device and a releasing mechanism; but suchdevice and mechanism are not specifically claimed herein, as they formthe subjectmatter of my prior application, Serial No. 277,087, which wasexecuted under oath the 4th day of June, A. D. 1888.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar reference figures and lettersindicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of my improved ticket-sellingapparatus, the View being taken on a line just within the Fig. 2 is asectional plan view of the same taken on line 56 a; of

Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a front view, parts being broken away.

The machine shown in the drawings is de signed to deliver ferry-tickets;but it will of course be understood that the machine could be organizedto deliver other kinds of tickets,

or postal stamps, or any other articles which might be printed on acontinuous strip or web.

Referring now to the specific construction shown in the drawings, 10 isa case in which there is mounted a drum 11, upon which there is wound acord 12, that supports a weight 13.

The shaft of the drum supports a cylindrical carrier 14, in theperipheral face of which there are a number of pockets or receptacles15, that are adapt-ed to receive weights 16, the weights being normallyheld within their pockets or receptacles 15 by a shield 18.

In order that the cord 12 may be wound upon the drum 11 withoutdisturbing the position of the carrier 14, and in order that saidcarrier may be advanced when the weight 13 acts to turn the drum in thedirection of its arrow, I provide the drum with a ratchet 19, which isengaged by a spring-pressed pawl 20, that is pivotally connected to theend of the carrier and arranged to engage the ratchet 19, and in orderthat the carrier may be held against any movement except upon thedeposit of a coin I provide aretaining-lever 21, which engages a ratchet22, that is formed upon or rigidly connected to the carrier, as shownbest in Fig.1, this lever being tripped at times, as will be hereinafterexplained.

Above the carrier 14:, I arrange a reel 24, upon which there is wound astrip a, the tickets being printed on this strip. The strip a is carriedfrom the reel toa tension device A, which tension device consists of aroller 27, mounted upon a fixed shaft 28, and a second roller 29,having. an elastic face 25 and end flanges 26, the roller 29 beingmounted in a weighted swinging frame 39. The strip a passes between therollers 27 and 29, and thence onto the feeding mechanism, which is shownat B, the two rollers coacting to impart a proper tension to the strip,while the flanges of the roller 29 serve as guides, as will be readilyunderstood.

The feeding mechanism consists, essen tially, of two rollers 31 and 31,of which the lowerroller 31 is revolubly mounted infixed bearings andpreferably formed with a corrugatedperipheral face, while the upperroller 31 is carried by a shaft that is mounted in movable bearings 32,said bearings being arranged to move upward and downward in ways formedin the supporting-frame 32.

Weights 33 act to hold the roller 31 in yielding contact with the stripa and impart sufficient pressure thereto to insure the feeding of thestrip when the roller 31 is turned, as will be presently explained.

To insure a uniform synchronous movement of the rollers 31 and 31, Iprovide said rollers with intermeshing gears 34 and 35, which gears, inconnection with a flange 36, that is formed on or carried by the roller3]., serve as guides for the strip a.

To the shaft of the roller 31 there is rigidly connected a ratchet 40,said ratchet being engaged by a spring-pressed pawl 41, that is looselymounted on a pin 42, carried by an arm 43, said arm being looselymounted on the shaft of the roller 31. The pin 42 is engaged by a lever44, that is supported at one end by a shaft or rod 45, the other end ofthe lever being slotted to receive the pin, and this lever 44 isconnected to a tripping-lever 4G by a link 47, said tripping-lever beingformed with a too 48, which enters a U-shaped weightway 50. Theweightway leads from and back to the space between the jacket 18 and thecarrier 14, and is entered by a toe 2, formed on the retaining'lever 21,and also by a toe 3, formed on a lever 51, that is mounted on the shaftor rod 45. By means of intermediate connections of proper form-such, forinstance, as those shown in the drawings-the lever 51 is connected to ashear-blade 52, that is pivotally connected to the outside of the casein position to coact with a fixed shearblade 53, that is secured to thecase just below a slot or opening Upon the outside of the case 10, Isecure the mouthpiece 55 of a coinchute 56, said mouthpiece beingprovided with an opening of proper size to admit a coin of theprescribed value.

In the walls of the lower chute-section 59 there are formed curved slots60, through which slots there is passed a pin 61, said pin beingsupported by the arms of a bifurcated lever (32, that is pivotallymounted just to the rear of the chute. The inner end of the lever 62 isprovided with a cross-piece 03, the ends of which cross-piece are turneddown, as shown at 64, to enter the weightway 50, there to act as stopsto check the movement of the weightin the weightway until a coin entersthe chute-section 50. \Vhen a coin does so enter the chute-section 59,it will strike the pin 61 and depress the forward end of the lever 62,thus raising the downturned end 64 of the cross-piece (53 out of theweightway, so that the weight 16 in the weight way may move downwardinto the lower leg of the way and thence into one of the receptacles ofthe carrier 14. As the weight moves, as above described, it first bearsagainst the too 2, and in passing this toe depresses it and raises therear end of the lever 21 from engagement with the ratchet 22, thuspermitting the weight 13 to act to advance the carrier 14 to a positionsuch that another of the weights 16 will be delivered to the upper legof the way 50, the lever 21. dropping back in time to engage the nexttooth of the ratchet 22, the weight 16 delivered to the way 50, as justdescribed, being stopped by the projections 64,which are returned to theposition in which they are shown in Fig. 1 by a weight 6, that iscarried by the lever (32. After passing the toe 2 the falling weightstrikes the too 8, and, through the connections above referred to, movesthe shear-blade 52, and a ticket is thereby severed from the web anddelivered to a chute C, that will presently be described. Passing fromengagement with the too 3, the weight strikes the toe 48, and as suchtee is depressed the lever 46 will be moved so as to carry the lever 44in the direction of its arrow, and as the lever 44 is so moved the arm43 will be carried upward and with it the pawl 41, which movement of thepawl will carry the roller 31 forward, and another ticket will be fed toa position such that upon the deposit of another-coin it will be severedfrom the strip or web a. The movement of the 1GVO1 44 is controlled bystep or limit pins 7 and 8, placed as shown, the lever being normallyheld against the pin 7 by its own weight.

The chute or casing O is of novel construction, and serves notonly toguide the severed ticket to a receiving-tray, as 70, but also as ashield to protect the leading end of the strip or web a, the chute orcasing consisting of a casing proper, as 71, that is secured to thefront wall of the case 10, and a swinging trap 72, that is mountedwithin the casing 71. The front wall of the casing 71 is curved, asshown, the lower end of this wall being, however, bent out at 7 3, sothat the bent-out section will extend in a line that is substantiallyparallel with the lower curved end 74 of the swinging trap 72.

At the point where the curved section 74 joins the outwardly-extendingupper section 75 there is a hook-like projection 7 6, the arrangementbeing such that should any wire or instrument be passed 11 between theswinging trap and the inner :tace of the front wall of the casing propersuch wire or instrument would strike the projection 7 6 and move theshield to a position such that the passage of the extending end of thestrip a would be closed, the swinging trap being of proper width to fitsnugly within the casing 71.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A delivery-chute for automatic sellingmachines, consisting,essentially, of a casing and a pivoted trap mounted therein and formedwith a forwardly-extending projection 7 G, as and for the purposestated.

2. In an automatic selling-machine, the combination, with a weightwayand a weight releasing mechanism, substantially as described, of a reel,feeding-rollers mounted in advance of the reel, a trippingdever providedwith a toe which enters the weightway, and

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connections, substantially as described, between said lever and one ofthe feeding-rollers, as and for the purpose stated.

3. In an automatic selling-machine, the combinatiomwith a weightway anda weightreleasing mechanism, substantially as described, of a reel,feeding-rollers mounted in connection therewith, web severingshearblades, tripping-levers provided with toes which enter theweightway, and connections between one of the levers and one of thefeeding-rollers and between the other lever and one of the shear-blades,substantially as described.

4. The combination, with a motor, of a coinchute, a locking-lever forsaid motor, which lever can beoperated bya coin passing through thecoin-chute, a reel, a pair of feed-rollers operated by the motor, and aticket-severing device, substantially as set forth, and also operated bythe motor, substantially as herein shown and described.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN WV. VAUGHN. WVitnesses:

H. EDEN, WM. HOELTGEBAUM.

